Farm and poultry fence



. Dec. 18 1923. 31,477,63

W. H. SOMMER FARM AND POULTRY FENCE Original Filed Dec. 10. 1921 [I i i .NVENTOR.

Patented Dec. 18, 123.

SATES i c w WILLIAM H. sorrmnn, or rnonrn, rnrrnors, essrsnoe. ro KEYSTONE sweat a w ne oomranr, or nAa'roNvrL n, rLLrn'cIs, a conronrirron or ratrriors.

FARM Ann rounrnr FENCE.

Substitute for application Serial No. 521,534, flied December 10, 1921. This application filed Iaay 3.0,

1923. Serial No. 638,150.

T all whom it may concern.

Beit known that 1, WILLIAM H. SoMMnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Tmprovements in Farm and Poultry Fences, of which the following is a specification. This invention has reference to fences and relates particularly to that type of fencing which is used to enclose farmlands and pool try yards.

The invention relates further to fencing of the all-wire type and is preferably woven with open square meshes, formed by the joinin of vertical stay wires with longitudinal se vage and intermediate strand wires.

The invention herein contemplates the use of stay wires formed of short sections, the meeting ends of which are intercoiled around the intermediate strand wires which they intersect, with the terminals of the upper and lower stay sections coiled or wrapped around the selvage or marginal wires.

Fencing of the general type described is not new but embodies certain objectionable features, which the present invention is aimed to and does overcome. The objection referred to is the slippage of the strand wires in the coils of the stay sections, as the fence fabric or netting is stretched when erecting the same. The reason for this is, that the strand wires upon which the ends of the stay sections are wrapped, are without bends at the points of intersections of the stay sections therewith, and the fact that the wire used for the stay sections is never deadsoft annealed, and as soon as the intercoiling of the ends of the stay sections is com pleted, the coils I naturally open slightly,

so which permits a comparatively free movement of the strand wires within the coils of the stay sections, which will not only result in a spreading of the meshes which it is desired to keep. uniform, but permits the slip page of the strand wires, which results in an irregular fabric and makes the stretching of the fabric very dilhcult, because to stretch properly there should be a firm gripping of the stay wires upon the strand wires,

so that the stretching may be uniform.

The principal object of the invention, therefore, is in providing the strand wires at the points of intersection of the stay wires therewith'with reverse bends, and it is on this portion of the strand wires and between so such bends that the stay sections are coiled.

This construction will prevent the slippage of the strand wires in the coils of the stay sections, because any slippage would necessarily tend to bend the stay wires,-and this on is prevented by the formation of the bends in the strands and the coiling of the stay wires therebetween, which places such coils at an oblique angle to the perpendicular line of the bodies of the stay. I

That the invention may be more fully understood, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the present description, illustrating a preferred embodiment of the invention, in which Figure 1 is a View, made on a greatly reduced scale, showing a seven-bar fence fabric, composed of marginal and intermediate strands which are connected by means of stay wires formed of short sections of stays, and embodying my invention; and

Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail to illustrate the reverse bends in the strand wires and the intercoiling of the stay sections around such strands and between the reverse bends thereof, the view illustrating substantially the structure enclosed within the dotted square on Fig. 1.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts thruout the figures.

In the drawings, reference being had particularly to Fig. l, the top and bottom marginal or selvage wires are designated 1 and 2 and the intermediate strand wires 3. These wires are connected and spaced by means of stay wires made of the short sections 4:. The terminals of the top and bottom stay sections are coiled or wrapped around the top and bottom marginal or selvage wires, respectively, by the coils 5. so The meeting ends of the stay sections 4: where they intersect with the intermediate strands 3 are intercoiled with each other about such strands, as at 6.

As previously stated there is nothing new in a fence structure made of marginal or salvage strands and intermediate strands which are connected by stay wires formed of short sections, the ends of which are coiled or intercoiled with each other about 305 such strand wires.

As very plainly shown in Fig. 2 the strand wires, and this .includes .all the longitudinal wires whether,marginal or intermediate, are provided with reverse bends as at 7 and 8 producing short oblique portions 9 in such strand wires. It is around such oblique portions "9 of the strand wires and between the reverse bends 7 and 8 thatthe stay sections are coiled. On the marginal wires the terminals of the stay sections are wrapped by a single coil, whereas on the intermediate wires the meeting ends of stay sections where they intersect with the .strands --.are intercoiled with each other about the @por- .tions, 9 of the strand wires and between the ;reverse bends thereof, which places such intercoiled portions of the .meetingstay sec- ..tions, as .well as the coils ,0.f the terminals :of the stays at oblique angles to the gPGT- pendicula-r lineioft-said stays. It ;is,tl e ob- ,ject, as stated, to prevent slippage -of the strands .in the coils of the stays, or the slippage of the, stays 0n.the strands. It is obvious that with .the reverse'bendsjn the longitudinal wires and Wrapping the c0i1 portions-of the staysraround the strandsbeitween such .bends,.s1ippage. can only occur by the bending of the stay wires, which in practice will ,not occur.

The foregoing described improvement relieves a very serious objection to what is considered a very popular type of fence for farm and poultry purposes.

that -I claim is l. Ina wire fence, in combination, a plurality of strand wires, a plurality of stay wires, the latter formedof short ..se c tions spanning the spaces between said strand wires, each strand wire where intersected by a stay section prov ded with reverse jgben'ds conn cted by i t pbl g a y dispe r t n trand, nd eas staycs etisi ba e a rmina soi ed about suc .Qblisn ly. spo ed .pe n o stran be w en the; reverse bends therein.

1 w wir etence, in o.,, .binati ei stra W .P ovi ed La inte al wi h grav nd c n c ed .by sho t qbzliqaely 1 ispose P r ons, and stay section ha iinslinte coiled ends wrapped around said strand wire betweenthe reverse be n,d s -;the1: -ein, ,said coils ng di pose oblique angl t the perpendicular line oftthe .staysections. 

